Andy Cruz, with quick follow -up by Eddie Hearn, faces Hironori Mishiro for Ibf Lightweight Title Opportunity

Andy Cruz has the opportunity to block -as a must for the IBF Light Champion, Raymond Muratalla, if he is victorious in his eliminator of the IBF title against Hironori Mishiro this Saturday, June 14. Cruz (5-0, 2 kos) faces Mishiro (17-1-1, 6 kos) at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. The event will be displayed in Dazn.

CRUZ: Better than the main event

Andy Cruz vs. Hironori Mishiro is the main support of the 12 rounds on Richardson Hitchins VS. George Kamboses Jr. Some fans would advocate that this should be the main event because Cruz is a much better talent than not affected pleasure, the Hitchins and the ex-champion, Kamboses.

Muratalla (23-0, 17 kos) was elevated to the state of complete IBF champion after the retirement of Vasily Lomachenko. Now, maybe I should deal with Andy Cruz as a mandatory rival if the Cuban star wins on Saturday against Mishiro.

Matalla will not deactivate his IBF title, but may not be good if he is facing Cruz. The title defense against Cruz is likely to stop as much as possible. The IBF will give Muratalla from 9 to 12 months to defend against Andy before they move to undress.

Salcid: Muratalla style twin

In Cruz’s last struggle, he defeated a similar fighter to Matalla, the great Punxador Omar Salcido, on January 25, approached a departure in a unanimous victory of ten rounds. Salcido was a pure copy of Muratalla in terms of power and style of struggle. He was helpless against Cruz.

Hearn Fast-Packs Andy Cruz

Cruz has been avoiding since he became a professional after his Olympic Gold Olympic victory against Keyshawn Davis. The way Cuban talent Cruz schooled Keyshawn in this struggle made him a person to turn his professional ranks. Cruz was wise to sign with promoter Eddie Hearn, who followed him quickly to get this IBF title eliminator after only five fights. Hearn believes Cruz is just a “A couple of fights” Far from challenging a world title.

It is questionable why IBF has given Mishiro a ranking #5 with its organization, because its victories have been against exclusively minor adversaries. There is no victory in Mishiro’s eight -year resume that went against a top -notch fighter. In 2023, Mishiro lost to a fighter named MIN ho Jung (19-5-2, 5 kos).

The last six Mishiro opponents

– Hinata Maruta
– Kazuaki Miyamoto
– Shuma Nakazato
– Hiromasa Urakawa
– Yongchao Sheng
– My Jung

It doesn’t look good for Mishiro to go against Cruz on Saturday night. Unless Mishiro shows some hidden talent that has kept his entire career closed, he will lose badly.